Summaries About Hair Loss Part 4 – Prescription Hair Loss Treatment

A large number of manufacturers of hair damage products criticise prescription frizzy hair loss treatments; however Nanogen always recommend patients try prescription treatments in addition to any other remedy as they have recently been proven to be very effective for most of patients. Note that despite other people’s claims, there are merely 2 fully approved medications. The two approved treatments work in several ways, and can be obtained in several formats. Finasteride is a tablet considered orally to inhibit DHT, Minoxidil is a topical ointment formulation thought to work to increase blood flow, both are discussed much more detail below. Lion Medical

Finasteride

An effective oral and therefore systemic DHT inhibitor, Finasteride works well to halt hair loss in many patients, and there have been numerous reports of it actually re-growing frizzy hair in some particularly reactive cases. Interestingly, Finasteride was first learned as a hair loss treatment by accident, when men taking it to cure prostatic cancer saw a change in hair loss.

Sadly, Finasteride is merely available to men, and shouldn’t even be touched by women as it can cause serious harm and labor and birth defects. Finasteride has a variety of side effects reported, some quite severe, including impotence problems, loss of libido, unwanted hair growth all over the body, acute aches, and nausea.

Finasteride is available as the popular Propecia(R) and the standard dose is 1mg, although many men prefer to take lower doses to avoid the above aspect effects whilst still conserving some of the positive effects on DHT and Androgenetic Alopecia.

For more information on DHT as well as role in hair damage, please read an early summary “DHT and Androgenetic Alopecia. inches

Minoxidil

As well uncovered accidentally, Minoxidil was formerly an oral treatment for heart disease. Now more commonly found as a topical hair loss treatment, Minoxidil prevents increases the Anagen growth phase of hair. Minoxidil also boosts the flow of blood in the top of the head, providing more nutrients that the head of curly hair needs to grow, and may maintain short source in people with thinning hair hair. Minoxidil also has several reported cases of hair re-growth.

How Minoxidil is proven to work as a loss hair treatment is not known, but it is thought to be a Nitric Oxide donor, this would cause increased blood vessels flow through widening the blood vessels, a process called vasodilation.

Minoxidil is much safer and more nice to use than Finasteride, and safe as a therapy for female curly hair loss as well. Right now there are few reported unwated effects apart from the, “Shedding, ” momentary hair loss caused by Minoxidil which corrects itself. The key concern with Minoxidil is it is alcohol based, and so dries and problems the scalp with permanent use, triggering irritation and dandruff.

Minoxidil is available in a range of concentrations, normally recommended as 2% for female frizzy hair loss and 5% for male thinning hair treatment. There are 12. five per cent concentrations available from certain clinics, however due to the high alcohol content needed to produce such as solution the results and side effects are unproven, and so we recommend 5% as the maximum concentration of Minoxidil at the moment.